Spiders and scorpions (Arachnida: Araneae, Scorpiones) of the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dippenaar Schoeman, Ansie S ^a,b   van den Berg, Annette ^a,b   Prendini, Lorenzo ^c  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Faunistics; Savanna Biome; South African National Survey of Arachnida

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; FAUNISTICS; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; NYLSVLEY NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; BUTHIDAE; CTENIDAE; OXYOPES; SALTICIDAE; SCORPIONES; THOMISIDAE; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 68049084597     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v51i1.161     Document Type: Article

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